Derailing device



E. VANNAT-TER.

DERAILING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 2, I922.

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DERAILING DEVICE. APPLICATION FILED JUNE 2. I922. 1A3L66 Patmited Oct. 3,1922;

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STATE ELIAS VANNATTER, or nm'rnann, wnsr VIRGINIA.

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Application filed June 2 1922. Serial Ito. 565,280.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ELIAS VANNATTER, a citizen of the United States, residing at llclaynard, in the county of Lincoln and State of West Virginia, have invented new and useful Improvements in Derailing Devices, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a derailer which is mainly designed for use upon switches for preventing cars upon the switch from drifting back upon the mainline, the principal object of the invention being to make the device automatic so that a train can enter the switch without interference upon the part of the derailer and as the engine leaves the switch it will set the parts in derailing position so that if any of the cars on the switch should move towards the main line they will be derailed.

This invention also consists in certain other features of construction and in the combination and arrangement of the several parts, to be hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings and specifically pointed out in the appended claims.

In describing my invention in detail, reference will be had to the accompanying drawings wherein like characters denote like or corresponding parts throughout the several views, and in which Figure 1 is a plan view showing the de vice in use.

Figure 2 is a longitudinal sectional view through Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a longitudinal sectional view with parts omitted and with the. parts in a different position from that shown in Figures 1 and 2.

Figure 4- is a plan view with the parts in the position in which they are shown in Figure 3.

Figure 5 is a section on line 5-5 of Figure 1.

Figure 6 is a section on line 66 of Figure 4.

Figure 7 is a fragmentary plan view with parts broken away and partsomitted.

In these views 1 indicates one of the rails of the track and 2 the ties thereof. When the device is to be used on a switch it is to be located adjacent the junction of the switch with the main line. The derailer member 3 is slidably mounted on the support 4; which is secured to some of the ties, said member being adapted to rest upon the rail,

when in derailing position, so that its beveled part 5 will engage the wheel and cause the same to ride over the member and be deflect ed 01f the rail. The member is connected to a vertically arranged rocking lever 6 which is pivotally mounted in its support and has its lower end connected with a crank rod 7 which is journaled in the support. A. pair of flanged bars 8 and 8 are placed alongside the rail and their outer ends are hinged to some of the ties, as shown at 9. The inner ends of these bars are spaced apart and said bars are so located that they will be engaged by the flanges of the wheels passing over the rails. Bar 8 is connected with the crank rod 7 so that the movement of said bar will be communicated to the crank. A pedal 10 is arranged in an opening in bar 8 and this pedal is connected by a link 11 with a sliding bar 12 which extends beyond the bar 8 into proximity with the bar 8'. The end of this bar 12 is beveled, as at 13. A spring 14 tends to hold the pedal in raised position and the bar 12 in projected position. A spring 15 tends to hold the bar 8 in raised position with the derailer member 3 in operative position or in a position where it will be engaged by the wheels passing over the rails. The outer ends of the bars 8 and 8 are beveled, as at 16, so as to permit the flanges of the wheels to engage the bars without shock.

VV-hen a train of cars is passing on to the switch the wheels will engage the bar 8 and depress the same and this movement of the bar will move the derailer member 3 out of engagement with the rail to permit the train to pass upon the switch. A train passing on to the switch would pass to the right in Figures 1, 2 and 1, so that the wheels of the train will encounter the plate 8 before passing over the derailer and the plate 8'. F igures 1 and 2 show the parts before they are actuated by a train, Figures 3 and 1 showing the parts after they have been depressed by a train. As the wheels pass over the bar they will depress the pedal thus retracting the sliding bar 12, which has had its beveled end resting upon the bar 8, but as soon as the wheels have passed the pedal the spring will. project the sliding bar forwardly under the bar 8 as shown in Figures 3 and 1-. After the cars have been placed upon the switch and the engine starts to return to the main line or to the left in Figures 1, 2, 3 and 1 its wheels passing over bar 8' will depress the same and as this bar is resting upon the sliding bar 12 as shown in dotted lines in Figure 2 this sliding bar and the bar 8 will be depressed so that the derailer is moved into inoperative position to permit the engine to pass. As the engine passes over the bar 8, after passing the derailer member, it will actuate the pedal, thus withdrawing the sliding bar 12 from under the bar 8 and permitting said bar 8 to drop and when the sliding bar 12 is projected by its spring it will pass over the top of the bar 8' as the bar 8 assumes its raised position. Thus the derailer member will again engage the rail so that if any of the cars upon the switch should drift towards the main track they would encounter this derailer member and be thrown off the track. hen the engine moves upon the switch again the parts will operate to move the derailer member to permit its free passage upon the switch.

It will thus be seen that the action is entirely automatic and the device will permit a train to enter the switch and will also permit the engine to leave the switch without interference from the derailer but if the cars upon the switch should move towards the main line after the engine has passed from the switch the derailer will act to throw them off the switch.

It is thought from the foregoing description that the advantages and novel features of my invention will be readily apparent.

I desire it to be understood that I may make changes in the construction and in the combination and arrangement of the several parts, provided that such changes fall within the scope of the appended claims.

What I claim is 1. A derailer of the class described comprising a derailing member, a wheel engaging member, means for moving the derailer member into inoperative position when the wheel engaging member is depressed by a wheel, means for normally holding the wheel engaging member in raised position and means cooperative with the wheel engaging member for moving the derailer member into inoperative position on the return movement of the engine.

:2. A derailer device of the class described comprising a derailer member, a wheel engaging member, means for connecting the same with the derailer member so that the derailer member will be moved into inoperative position when the wheel engaging memher is depressed, a. second wheel engaging member located on the switch side of the derailer member, a wheel engaging part on the first wheel engaging member and a sliding member actuated thereby for engaging the under part of the second wheel engaging member on the movement of the engine towards the main line.

3. A derailer device of the class described comprising a pair of wheel engaging mem bers rockingly secured to the track and having their inner ends spaced apart, a pedal on the first member, a sliding member on the first member and connected with the pedal, said member being adapted to engage the inner end of the second wheel engaging member either upon its upper or lower face, spring means for holding the pedal in raised position, a. derailer member, a pivoted lever connected therewith and a rock shaft connected with the lever and with. the first wheel engaging member.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

ELIAS VANNATTER.

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IVitnesses Lnwrs MoCLoUn, RoY MARCUM. 

